What problem does it solve?
In the Russian legal system, companies face significant risk of spoliation (destruction of relevant evidence) claims if they fail to preserve documents related to potential or ongoing litigation, regulatory investigations, or pre-litigation claims. Unlike the US, Russia has no standardized legal hold framework, leaving organizations to navigate conflicting requirements between procedural law (e.g., APK Article 72 for pre-litigation evidence preservation), personal data protection rules (152-FZ), and internal document retention policies without clear, structured guidance. Non-legal staff may also issue or release preservation orders without proper authorization, creating additional legal liability.
Core Features & Use Cases
- End-to-End Legal Hold Workflows: Structured, step-by-step guidance for issuing, refreshing, releasing, and checking the status of internal document preservation orders aligned with Russian law.
- Built-In Governance Guardrails: Mandatory non-lawyer authorization checks for hold issuance and release, requiring sign-off from a general counsel, lead attorney, or DPO for personal data-related holds to prevent unauthorized legal action.
- Regulatory Alignment: Explicit integration of key Russian legal requirements, including APK Article 72 pre-litigation preservation rules, 152-FZ personal data handling obligations during holds, and standard post-release document retention timelines (e.g., 5 years for accounting records per 402-FZ).
- Use Case: If your company receives a pre-litigation claim from a counterparty, use this skill to issue a formal preservation order to all relevant custodians, track hold status, and release the order only after the matter is fully resolved to avoid premature document deletion.
Quick Start
Use the legal-hold skill to issue a preservation order for the Acme counterparty claim matter, specifying all relevant custodians, document categories, and the trigger event date.
